2019-2020 Annual Report

(L to R) Andrea Harris Smith and Justin Weaks. Photo: C. Stanley Photography.

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2019-2020

ANNUAL REPORT

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AN UPDATE FROM

STUDIO’S LEADERSHIP One could say it about any season, but the season that this annual report covers was truly like no other. Rarely in Studio’s history has the theatre cancelled even a single performance of a production. But this year, an unprecedented pandemic forced us to dim the lights on a quarter of our season. Suffice it to say, it wasn’t how we imagined closing out David’s 10th season at Studio.

The timing felt especially cruel because it came along at a moment when things at Studio were really humming along. We were in the midst of a strong season that was a nice mix of the old and the new, we welcomed the most racially diverse artist cohort in Studio’s history to produce a season that included three Main Series productions written by talented women of color, we had seen three successful debuts from directors brand new to Studio, we welcomed our terrific new Associate Artistic Director Reginald Douglas, our no-longer-new Managing Director had settled into her role, and our staff and Board felt energized and unified. We were preparing for a quadruple whammy to close out the season: a community tour of Pass Over, a big Main Series musical, an exciting world premiere that would introduce a hot-shot writer and legendary director to our audiences, and the groundbreaking for a renovation that would set us up for years of continued innovation and strength.

Instead, we got scrambled plans, orphaned productions, a postponed renovation, the loss of $1.15 million in anticipated income, and layoffs and furloughs of devoted staff members. More or less overnight, our ability to produce theatre came to a grinding halt and all of our plans had to be thrown out the window.

But brutal and unmooring as it was, the end of our season did, in retrospect, offer up some silver linings and, once the shock wore off, Studio experienced some of the ways that a crisis can galvanize an institution. We experimented with new forms and offered up types of original programming that were brand new to Studio. Our resilient staff adapted to meet new areas of need for the organization, learned new skills, and mastered new digital technologies. We devoted time to things that the pressures of producing make it hard to focus on with sustained energy, most particularly in response to calls for racial justice in our country and our field. We feel poised to reemerge from all of this as a stronger Studio. In short, we hope never to experience a year like this again, but we reminded ourselves that flexibility and being of-the-moment are Studio hallmarks and sources of pride.

For whatever part you played in the drama that was our 19-20 season, we offer our heartfelt thanks. We truly could not have weathered this storm without our extended family of supporters and fans.

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DAVID MUSE, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

REBECCA ENDE LICHTENBERG, MANAGING DIRECTOR

LETTER FROM OUR

BOARD CHAIR After welcoming a new Managing Director and celebrating Studio’s 40th Anniversary Season during my first year as Board President, I expected my second year to be less eventful. Not to be! No one was prepared for the surprises this year had in store. In March of 2020, just as the pandemic struck, we were in the middle of one of our most successful artistic seasons in recent years and had just publicly announced a transformative capital campaign, the first major renovation of our building in over 15 years.

Like every theatre across the country, we shut down immediately and kept our doors closed through the remainder of the season to protect the health and safety of our staff, our artists, and our audiences. Thankfully, Studio was fortunate in many ways to weather the storm. To start with, our magnificent staff, led by David Muse and Rebecca Ende Lichtenberg, was incredibly inventive and dedicated in reimagining our mission and our work.

They continued employing theatre-makers, producing art, and sharing that art with our community in creative new ways. In addition, because we own our own buildings and are debt free, our overhead was relatively low. These factors enabled us to focus our resources on staff and artists.

Most amazingly, our Board of Trustees, so dedicated to this organization, stepped up to lead a major fundraising initiative. The Board established the Studio COVID-19 Relief Fund, raising over $600k to ensure that we had the cash on hand to get through the 19-20 season and to plan for and produce a 20-21 season. A round of applause is due to then Vice Chair, now Chair, Amy Weinberg for her joint leadership on this initiative, and to every Board member who offered their support.

In addition to the Board, I was incredibly heartened that so many of our longtime supporters stepped forward and continued to support us while our stages were dark. Through the generosity of many, we were able to sustain our operations, despite ticket revenue coming to a screeching halt.

This is not to say that there weren’t hard decisions with real consequences that had to be made: artists lost work, staff members were laid off, and all staff were put on some length of furlough while the theatre was dark. We are now a smaller organization, but one that is poised to be adaptive and to re-emerge after this hiatus as a stronger institution. I am confident that Amy Weinberg, her leadership team, and staff leadership will meet these challenges and opportunities.

LARRY NAAKE, 19-20 BOARD CHAIR

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I Sarah Marshall and Amelia Pedlow. Photo: Teresa Wood.

DOUBT: A PARABLE WRITTEN BY JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY DIRECTED BY MATT TORNEY 09/04/19 - 10/20/19

“Sarah Marshall performs a little miracle in Doubt”

—The Washington Post

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Studio opened its 19-20 season with John Patrick Shanley’s prescient masterpiece Doubt: A Parable, about faith, ambiguity, and the price of moral conviction. It felt timely as ever, amidst ongoing revelations within the Catholic Church and a divisive political climate where facts seemed subjective. The “handsomely manicured production” (The Washington Post) was anchored by DC theatre treasure Sarah Marshall in a tour-de-force performance.

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R E V I E W Diana Huey. Photo: Teresa Wood.

WHITE PEARL

WRITTEN BY ANCHULI FELICIA KING DIRECTED BY DESDEMONA CHIANG 11/06/19 - 12/15/19 “More plays like White Pearl should be written, and theater companies should strive to stage them” —Washington City Paper

Playwright Anchuli Felicia King experienced a meteoric rise last season with premieres on three continents, including the US premiere of her “ferocious” (The Washington Post) corporate comedy White Pearl at Studio. Globalism. Corporate culture. Feminism. Racism. King goes for broke in this fast-moving play about a leaked ad for skin-whitening cream that sends a Singapore cosmetics company into meltdown.

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Daniel Kitson. Photo courtesy of artist.

KEEP.

WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY DANIEL KITSON 11/19/19 - 12/01/19 “howlingly funny... A brilliant theatrical tour de force”

—DC Theatre Scene

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Mercurial comedian Daniel Kitson rarely tours the US, and when he does, Studio is proud to be one of his very few stateside artistic homes. After presenting the world premiere of A Short Series of Disagreements in 2017, Studio welcomed Kitson back for the first Studio X performance in our season—the US premiere of Keep., his new show about how much past the present should contain.

Justin Weaks and Bjorn DuPaty. Photo: C. Stanley Photography.

PIPELINE

WRITTEN BY DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU DIRECTED BY AWOYE TIMPO 01/15/20 - 02/23/20

“Pipeline is downright amazing, the acting is sincere and stirring” —The AFRO

Studio first introduced Dominique Morisseau to DC audiences in 2017, and continued its relationship with this dynamic playwright with the DC premiere of Pipeline. The “brilliant, riveting, important” (Georgetown Dish) play looks at a broken education system and the ferocity of one parent’s love. A former educator, Morisseau channeled her lived experience into the production.

PIPELINE STUDENT MATINEES

Over two student matinees, Studio brought 304 high school students from eight DC Public Schools to see Morisseau’s searing and eloquent look at the limited and limiting choices that schools offer young Black men.

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(L to R) Christopher Lovell, Cary Donaldson, and Jalen Gilbert. Photo: Margot Schulman.

PASS OVER

WRITTEN BY ANTOINETTE NWANDU DIRECTED BY PSALMAYENE 24 03/04/20 - 03/15/20

“Brilliant…Waiting for Godot for the Black Lives Matter era”

—The Washington Post

Pass Over merges the surreal Waiting for Godot with the Exodus saga to explore the plight of young Black men marooned in a cycle of violence. The chilling story powerfully examined a friendship—and life—cut short at the hands of police violence. Though it was forced to close prematurely due to the coronavirus pandemic, the DC premiere of this powerful work, directed by Artist in Residence Psalmayene 24, was praised as “memorable, masterful, spell-binding” (DC Theatre Scene).

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As part of the production, Psalmayene 24 worked with Community Engagement Manager Aurelia Clunie to plan the Pass Over Community Tour to bring free readings of the play to five sites across the city: Howard University, the Anacostia and Shaw branches of the DC Public Library, Joe’s Movement Emporium, and Duke Ellington School of the Arts. The tour was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.

FUN HOME

MUSIC BY JEANINE TESORI BOOK AND LYRICS BY LISA KRON BASED ON THE GRAPHIC NOVEL

BY ALISON BECHDEL DIRECTED BY DAVID MUSE

SHOW CANCELLATIONS Studio had to suspend its 19-20 season due to the coronavirus pandemic. As a result, we could not produce the season’s culminating productions—the Studio-commissioned world premiere of Abe Koogler’s Aspen Ideas and an intimate staging of Tony Award winning Broadway musical Fun Home.

ASPEN IDEAS WRITTEN BY ABE KOOGLER DIRECTED BY LES WATERS

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STUDIO R&D: WORK IN PROCESS

In an extension of Studio R&D, our new work incubator, Studio launched the Work in Process series over the 19-20 season, welcoming audiences into the new play development process through rehearsed readings, the sharing of selected scenes, and engaging conversations with playwrights about their work.

Photo by Karena Halvorssen

Good Bones workshop with (L to R) Director Psalmayene 24, Playwright James Ijames, Sabiyha Prince, and Literary Director Adrien-Alice Hansel.

THE GRADIENT

GOOD BONES

WRITTEN BY STEPH DEL ROSSO

WRITTEN BY JAMES IJAMES

On November 11, 2019, we presented a reading of Studio-commissioned play The Gradient by Steph Del Rosso. Directed by Danya Taymor, this tart, sharp satire followed a young woman working for a tech start-up that rehabilitates men accused of sexual misconduct—a dream job that may be too good to be true.

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For Good Bones, commissioned writer James Ijames launched his four-day workshop on January 23, 2020 with a rehearsed reading of his piece about the unintended consequences of urban renewal. Directed by Psalmayene 24, the reading included a conversation about DC and gentrification with James, Psalm, and community organizer Sabiyha Prince.

STUDIO R&D: COMMISSIONED ARTISTS Over the past decade, Studio has premiered 13 plays and commissioned 20 artists. In June 2020— facing a total shutdown of in-person producing—we commissioned our largest ever class of artists, investing in theatre-makers during a time of unprecedented hardship as well as planning for our artistic output during the pandemic and beyond. The class of 10 artists included writers and a director, and was for both plays intended for in-person production and audio work, such as Ike Holter’s world premiere I Hate It Here: Stories from the End of the Old World, which Studio released in December 2020.

DIRECTING

AUDIO PLAYS

THEATRICAL WORKS

TOTAL AMOUNT AWARDED: $50,500

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PSALM’S SALONS

AT STUDIO

With support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Studio collaborated with Artist in Residence Psalmayene 24 to connect with millennial Black communities in Washington, DC. When their vision for a robust series of talkbacks, dance parties, workshops, and in-person gatherings was upended, they leveraged the potential of live streaming. Seeing a need for connection, they launched Psalm’s Salons, a hybrid talk show and groove session that “reinvented the online theater-chat format” (The Washington Post).

Episodes tackled hard-hitting topics with a rotating panel of playwrights, community activists, and local theatre leaders, paired with live music by DJ Nick tha 1da, “mental health drink breaks,” and support for local Black-owned businesses. Psalm’s Salons was the first in a series of video-based projects Studio pursued in its pivot from in-person to virtual programming.

2019-2020 PANELISTS

PSALMAYENE 24

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LADY DANE FIGUEROA EDIDI FARAH LAWAL HARRIS JAMES IJAMES J.J. JOHNSON JEFFERSON A. RUSSELL NATALIE GRAVES TUCKER JJANA VALENTINER JUSTIN WEAKS

SUMMER VIDEO SERIES VIDEO POSTCARDS

In the early weeks of lockdown, Studio turned to our artists for connection and context. In a series of conversations recorded in April 2020, Literary Director Adrien-Alice Hansel and Artistic Apprentice Mekala Sridhar spoke with actors, directors, designers, and playwrights with ties to Studio.

JUNETEENTH

To recognize Juneteenth, the annual holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the United States, and in the wake of nationwide uprisings after the deaths of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Tony McDade, we commissioned five Black, Studio-affiliated artists to consider what freedom means to them. The resulting celebrations included personal reflections, a poem, a dance, and a real-time video installation.

MARCH ON WASHINGTON

VIEWERSHIP STATS

Studio commissioned seven Black artists—all of whom appeared on our stages in recent seasons—to attend The Commitment March, which fell on the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington, and create a piece in response. The resulting videos are reflective, angry, hopeful, and celebratory in turns, capturing seven time capsules from the weekend of August 28, 2020.

FEATURED ARTISTS AMEERA CONRAD OARABILE DITSELE JAMES IJAMES DUNCAN MACMILLAN

NATSU ONODA POWER ANDREA HARRIS SMITH AWOYE TIMPO HOLLY TWYFORD

FEATURED ARTISTS ‘

TEMIDAYO . . AMAY FELICIA CURRY SHANNON DORSEY

JEREMY KEITH HUNTER ORA JONES

FEATURED ARTISTS JELANI ALLADIN RO BODDIE JASON BOWEN JONATHAN BURKE

PSALM’S SALONS VIDEO POSTCARDS JUNETEENTH MARCH ON WASHINGTON

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SEAN CARVAJAL BIKO EISEN-MARTIN MICHAEL RISHAWN

17,327 VIEWS

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#OPENYOURLOBBY

Throughout June and again in August, Studio participated in the nationwide Open Your Lobby movement, which called on theatres near protests for racial justice to provide bathrooms, charging stations, and air conditioning for protestors. Studio was open a total of 67 hours over 3 weeks, offering snacks and water from our concesssions, as well as supplies donated by Hook Hall and Ford’s Theatre. Studio partnered with Luther Place to distribute unused items.

198 (L to R) Current and former Studio team members Eric McMorris, Melissa Carter, and Leila Spolter (not pictured) painted Studio’s windows.

RED ALERT 14

Studio joined with other theatres and live performance venues to light our windows red in solidarity with the Red Alert campaign, advocating for aid to the live arts with the passage of the RESTART Act, then stalled in Congress.

HOURS VOLUNTEERED

BY STUDIO STAFF

OUR PARTNERS

Studio strives to be a good neighbor, to create space for connection, and to foster empathy with our work and among kindred organizations. We partner with other organizations and community groups, working to build relationships that are transformative, not transactional. Our core partners are organizations whose missions align with Studio’s own efforts to foster a more connected community. We build these relationships over time, co-developing projects and programming that engage each partner and the people they serve.

APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM

Through the Apprenticeship Program, Studio trains early-career professionals to pursue careers in theatre. Over the 19-20 season, Studio hosted 13 apprentices who received free housing, cash stipends, hands-on training, and professional development.

(Top row, L to R) Karena Halvorssen, Taylor Courtney, Simone Schneeberg, Helena Barth, Elizabeth Morton, Benjamin Cornett, Marielle Burt, Charles Cicchino, Fynta Sidime. (Bottom row, L to R) Emily Gjovik, Mekala Sridhar, Anna Hibbert, Charles Linton.

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OPEN STUDIO

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In February of 2020, Studio Theatre announced a comprehensive capital campaign, Open Studio, designed to lay the groundwork for our organization’s future, including a sweeping renovation of our home at 14th and P Streets. The multifaceted $20 million campaign seeks to enhance artistic innovation, forge more robust community connections, and increase operational efficiency by investing in the physical, human, and financial resources that will sustain Studio’s momentum into the future. Key components of the campaign include transforming the Metheny Theatre into a state-of-the-art, fully flexible space; creating more public gathering spaces and a street level café; providing artists with dedicated rehearsal space; and updating critical systems and infrastructure, including a new HVAC system. This ambitious project was set to break ground in summer 2020, but was paused due to the coronavirus pandemic. Studio plans to resume construction in spring 2021 and complete it by the end of the year.

FINANCIALS

Studio Theatre’s 19-20 season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic, with one production shut down early in its run and two cancelled entirely. These cancellations created a shortfall of $1.15 million, accounting for 47% of the expected earned income for the year. Studio was committed to paying artists for as many weeks of work as possible and was able to pay the Pass Over cast and crew for all the scheduled weeks of performances, in addition to paying the Fun Home team, who had not yet started rehearsal, for three weeks of cancelled work.

In June, with a year of significantly reduced income ahead, Studio downsized its staff and eliminated six positions, leaving a staff of 25. To minimize expenses while the theatre was dark, Studio also furloughed all remaining employees, including senior leadership, during July of 2020 when expanded unemployment benefits through the CARES Act were available. 68% of the staff were recalled in August and 32% of the staff furloughs extended into FY21.

With such a significant shortfall in earned income, Studio was far more reliant on contributed income in FY20 than in a typical year, which made up 60% of total income, as opposed to 40% in most years. Studio Theatre received a Paycheck Protection Program loan through the Small Business Administration, which helped the institution sustain cashflow. At time of publication in February 2021, the U.S. Treasury Department has not yet forgiven the loan, and this forgiveness is not reflected in income.

ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES

ANNUAL OPERATING INCOME

TOTAL: $4,290,212

BALANCE SHEET STUDIO THEATRE’S FY20 OPERATING BUDGETING DOES NOT REFLECT INCOME AND EXPENSES RELATED TO THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN.

CURRENT ASSETS FIXED ASSETS OTHER ASSETS

TOTAL ASSETS

TOTAL: $4,310,754

$8,703,244 $14,245,023 $3,029,085

$25,977,352

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THANK YOU

Thank you to our 2019-2020 season donors who helped bring the work of Studio Theatre to life and supported our work on stage and in our community.

$75,000+

DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities National Capital Arts & Cultural Affairs Program and the US Commission of Fine Arts Paul M. Angell Family Foundation The Shubert Foundation

$50,000-$74,999

Anonymous Susan and Dixon Butler Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Dr. Mark Epstein and Amoretta Hoeber Judge Albert Lauber and Prof. Craig Hoffman Joan and David Maxwell The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Teresa and Dan Schwartz Share Fund

$30,000-$49,999

Andrew C. Mayer Charitable Trust National Endowment for the Arts Steve and Linda Skalet Bobbi and Ralph Terkowitz Amy Weinberg and Norbert Hornstein

$15,000-$29,999

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Trudy H. Clark Bruce A. Cohen Sheryl and Rick Donaldson Hope and Mark Foster The Galena-Yorktown Foundation Susan L. Gordon John and Meg Hauge David and Jean Heilman Grier Judy and Steve* Hopkins Lynne and Joseph Horning Sari Hornstein Hal Jones and Anne-Lise Auclair-Jones Stanley and Rosemary Marcuss Nancy and Herbert Milstein

Milton and Dorothy Sarnoff Raymond Foundation Mark Tushnet and Elizabeth Alexander William S. Abell Foundation, Inc.

$7,500-$14,999

Robert Batarla The Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts Karen Doyne Navroz and Perinaaz Gandhi Wendy and William Garner George Wasserman Family Foundation Jinny and Michael Goldstein Rick Kasten Arlene and Martin Klepper Kovler Foundation: Judy and Peter Kovler Kathleen Kunzer Rosenzweig and Paul Rosenzweig The Lewis Butler Foundation The Mandy & David Team, Compass Real Estate Renee R. Matalon and Stephen H. Marcus Larry and Joan Naake The Nora Roberts Foundation Jamie Pate Laura and Gerald Rosberg Tenleytown Trash Terry Theologides and Deb Rodriguez Robert Tracy and Martha Gross Jonathan and Joan Tycko

$5,000-$7,499

Anonymous Marc Albert and Stephen Tschida Jeremias Alvarez Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc. Fivesquares Development Jewish Communal Fund Helen and David Kenney Patricia and John Koskinen Barry Kropf

The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. Morningstar Philanthropic Fund Nike Opadiran Mr. Craig Pascal and Mr. Victor Shargai* Timothy Price Amit Sevak and Luz Blancas Sevak Judy and Leo Zickler

$2,500-$4,999

Anonymous Dr. Stewart Aledort and Dr. Sheila Rogovin Jeffrey Bauman and Linda Fienberg Don and Nancy Bliss Nancy Chasen and Don Spero John Chester and Betty Shepard Rise and Carl Cole Dimick Foundation Margery Doppelt and Larry Rothman George M. Ferris Gerard Fiala Frona Hall Linda Lurie Hirsch Paula and Edward Hughes The Jacob & Charlotte Lehrman Foundation JBG SMITH John Keator and Virginia Sullivan Pat Lark (“Poppy”) and Lutz Prager Mark and Carol Hyman Fund Dan and Karen Mayers Morrissette Family Foundation Louisa and William Newlin Michael and Penelope Pollard Lola C. Reinsch Stephen A. Saltzburg and Susan Lee Linda and Stanley Sher David and Peggy Shiffrin Elaine and English Showalter Ed and Andy Smith Patricia Smith Spoor Family Fund Ed Starr and Marilyn Marcosson Weissberg Foundation Alan and Irene Wurtzel Annette and Colin Young

$1,500-$2,499

Scott Douglas Bellard The Goodcoin Foundation Rich Gottwald and James Harden

The Jones/Simmons Charitable Gift Fund Herb and Dianne Lerner Shawn C. Helm and J. Thomas Marchitto Martha Washington Straus-Harry H. Straus Foundation Wallis E. McClain Nancy S. Olson Carl and Margaret Pfeiffer Steven M. Rosenberg and Stewart C. Low III The Honorable Carol Schwartz Eric R. and Laura M. Wagner

$600-$1,499

Anonymous Dean Amel and Terry Savela Jason and Nichole Bassingthwaite Nan Beckley Joe and Sue Bredekamp Jessica Case Helen Chason Karen and Dean Cooper Richard and Janet Dante Leon and Miriam Ellsworth Ellen and Fred Ende Victor Fazio and Kathy Sawyer Charles Floto Amy C. Gilbert and Steven Newpol Matt Gobrush and Gari Lister Susan Goldman Sally W. and Stephen W. Gresham Gail Gulliksen Margaret Freeston Hennessey Richard and Pamela Hinds Martin and Bonnie Hurwitz Thomas Joseph The Kennedy Center Robert L. Kimmins Lauren Kogod and David Smiley Leslie Kogod Stuart Kogod and Denise Garone Chad Lash and Caryn Wagner Janet Lewis Brian and Judy Madden Manny And Ruthy Cohen Foundation Sherry Marts and Larry Haller Lou Mazawey Barbara and Al McConagha Jeffrey Menick Jane Molloy

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The Mufson Family Foundation Sherry and Lou Nevins Martha Newman Arnold and Diane Polinger Julie Rios Lynn Rothberg Carole and Barry Rubin Frank Sammartino and Ellen Starbird John and Ann Skeele Carl Wayne Smith Grant P. and Sharon R. Thompson Richard Tucker Scully and Lee A. Kimball James Turner Ann Tutwiler United Way of the National Capital Area Steve Verna Elisse Walter and Ronald Stern Jack and Sue Whitelaw Jeffrey Wilder Bernard and Ellen Young

BENEFIT SUPPORT

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Anonymous Theodore Adamstein Marc Albert and Stephen Tschida Jeremias Alvarez Arent Fox LLP Cindy and Mark Aron Allan and Michele Berman Bernard Family Foundation Grace and Larry Bouton Susan Buffone Susan and Dixon Butler Dr. Morris J. Chalick Trudy H. Clark Louis and Bonnie Cohen Ann Crittenden Liz and Tim Cullen Kay Kendall and Jack Davies Mayra de la Garza Karen Doyne Eddie Eitches Dr. Mark Epstein and Amoretta Hoeber Jane and Nate Fishkin Charles Floto Hope and Mark Foster Navroz and Perinaaz Gandhi

Bennett Goldberg and Danielle Ellis Jinny and Michael Goldstein Susan L. Gordon Gail and John Harmon John and Meg Hauge Anita G. Herrick Daniel and Coralee Deborah Hoppe JBG SMITH Hal Jones and Anne-Lise Auclair-Jones Cary Kadlecek Alex Krulic Kathleen Kunzer Rosenzweig and Paul Rosenzweig Herb and Dianne Lerner Romana Li and Bruce Bartels Eve A. Lilley Wendy Luke Vivien Marion Renee R. Matalon and Stephen H. Marcus Lou Mazawey Larry and Joan Naake Carl and Undine Nash Jamie Pate Bob and Nina Randolph Lola C. Reinsch Jeannie Rhee Drs. Irene Roth and Vicken Poochikian Teresa and Dan Schwartz Amit Sevak and Luz Blancas Sevak Steve and Linda Skalet Bobbi and Ralph Terkowitz Robert Tracy and Martha Gross Mark Tushnet and Elizabeth Alexander Tycko and Zavareei LLP Jonathan and Joan Tycko Robert Van Heuvelen Amy Weinberg and Norbert Hornstein Gregory and Mary Whiteman

OPEN STUDIO PILLARS OF THE CAMPAIGN

Marc Albert and Stephen Tschida Susan and Dixon Butler Events DC Sari Hornstein Arlene and Bob Kogod Judge Albert Lauber and Professor Craig Hoffman The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Teresa and Dan Schwartz Share Fund Amy Weinberg and Norbert Hornstein

Barry Kropf Renee R. Matalon and Stephen H. Marcus Carl and Undine Nash Jamie Pate Amit Sevak and Luz Blancas Sevak Jerry and Patti Sowalsky Jonathan and Joan Tycko Bruce and Margareta Yarwood

SPONSORS OF THE CAMPAIGN

Esthy and James Adler Peter Bieger and Demian Gaiteri Trudy H. Clark Hope and Mark Foster Navroz and Perinaaz Gandhi Susan L. Gordon Jinny and Michael Goldstein David and Jean Heilman Grier Judy and Steve Hopkins Hal Jones and Anne-Lise Auclair-Jones Arlene and Martin Klepper Kathleen Kunzer Rosenzweig and Paul Rosenzweig Stanley and Rosemary Marcuss Virginia A. McArthur and E.C. Michael Higgins Nancy and Herbert Milstein Larry and Joan Naake Craig Pascal and Victor Shargai* Steve and Linda Skalet Ed Starr and Marilyn Marcosson Steve and Suzanne Swendiman Bobbi and Ralph Terkowitz Terry Theologides and Deb Rodriguez Mark Tushnet and Elizabeth Alexander Robert Tracy and Martha Gross Alan and Irene Wurtzel

FRIENDS OF THE CAMPAIGN Rob Batarla Dr. Mark Epstein and Amoretta Hoeber Charles Floto John and Meg Hauge Rick Kasten

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COVID-19 RELIEF FUND

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Anonymous Victoria Bor and David DuGoff Donna and Donna Boxer Susan and Dixon Butler Emily Carton Tito Cordella Laura Coyle Carol and Joseph Danks Richard and Janet Dante Helen Darling Andrea Denivoff Brian Doyle Jack Fearnsides and Margaret Jenny Anne and Marc Feinberg Martha Fisher Elizabeth Ford Lawrence Franks and Ellen Berelson Navroz and Perinaaz Gandhi Jinny and Michael Goldstein Susan L. Gordon Government of The District Of Columbia John G. Guffey Samuel and Barbara Halpern David and Jean Heilman Grier Sari Hornstein Hal Jones and Anne-Lise Auclair-Jones William and Josie Jordan Andrew Joskow and Lisa Sockett Hans and Helen Kaper Kathleen Kunzer Rosenzweig and Paul Rosenzweig Stephanie Lawson Jodie Levin-Epstein Marc Levy B. Thomas Mansbach Renee R. Matalon and Stephen H. Marcus Joan and David Maxwell Janet Minkler Ken and Margaret Muse Larry and Joan Naake Jamie Pate Arnold and Diane Polinger Susan and Firoze Rao Teresa and Dan Schwartz Share Fund Steve and Linda Skalet Aimee Smart and Sheffy Gordon

Bobbi and Ralph Terkowitz Kevin Tidemann Jonathan and Joan Tycko Yoshine and Kazuko Uchimura Eric R. and Laura M. Wagner Amy Weinberg and Norbert Hornstein

IN-KIND SUPPORT Balance Gym Birch & Barley B.Lin Catering Churchkey DC Rentals Eco Caters Provisions Catering *In Memoriam

This list represents contributions made to special events, special initiatives, and the annual fund received by August 31, 2020. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this listing.

For more information, please contact the Development Office at 202.232.7267 x373.

2019-2020 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Larry Naake, Chair Amy Weinberg, Vice Chair Robert B. Batarla, Treasurer Hal Jones, Secretary Marc Albert Jeremías Alvarez Susan L. Butler, Chair Emeritus Karen Doyne Dr. Mark Epstein Mark W. Foster Navroz Gandhi Jinny Goldstein Susan L. Gordon Jean Heilman Grier Martin Klepper Albert G. Lauber Stanley J. Marcuss Renee Matalon Herb Milstein Nike Opadiran Jamie C. Pate Katy Kunzer Rosenzweig Teresa Schwartz Luz Blancas Sevak Steven A. Skalet Bobbi Terkowitz, Chair Emeritus Terry Theologides Robert Tracy Jonathan Tycko

HONORARY BOARD Jan Carol Berris Irene Harriet Blum, Chair Emeritus Vincent Brown Morris J. Chalick Barbara Smith Herzberg Coleman* Virginia Crawford* Jon Danforth Warren Graves John G. Guffey S. Ross Hechinger Michael Higgins Jaylee M. Mead, Chair Emeritus* Russell Metheny A. Fenner Milton Harold Nelson Nancy Linn Patton Marshall E. Purnell Joan Searby Victor Shargai* Henry F. von Eichel* Joy Zinoman, Founding Artistic Director *In Memoriam

EX-OFFICIO David Muse Rebecca Ende Lichtenberg

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